Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot: A severe though...

Walter Bagehot: A severe though...

A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go...

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Walter Bagehot: He believes, with...

Walter Bagehot: He believes, with...

He believes, with all his heart and soul and strength, that there is such a thing as truth; he has the soul of a...

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Walter Bagehot: It has been...

Walter Bagehot: It has been...

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

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Walter Bagehot: History is strewn...

Walter Bagehot: History is strewn...

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of...

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Walter Bagehot: Conquest is the...

Walter Bagehot: Conquest is the...

Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the...

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Walter Bagehot: The Sovereign has,...

Walter Bagehot: The Sovereign has,...

The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights -- the right to be consulted, the right...

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Walter Bagehot: It is good...

Walter Bagehot: It is good...

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

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Walter Bagehot: Royalty is a...

Walter Bagehot: Royalty is a...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting...

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Walter Bagehot: In every particular...

Walter Bagehot: In every particular...

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in...

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Walter Bagehot: Men who do...

Walter Bagehot: Men who do...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to...

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Walter Bagehot: The apparent rulers...

Walter Bagehot: The apparent rulers...

The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the imposing personages of a splendid procession: it is by them the...

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Walter Bagehot: No man has...

Walter Bagehot: No man has...

No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of...

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Walter Bagehot: The most intellectual...

Walter Bagehot: The most intellectual...

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will....

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Walter Bagehot: Progress would not...

Walter Bagehot: Progress would not...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late...

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Walter Bagehot: Poverty is an...

Walter Bagehot: Poverty is an...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the...

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Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind...

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Walter Bagehot: Of all nations...

Walter Bagehot: Of all nations...

Of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure...

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Walter Bagehot: The whole history...

Walter Bagehot: The whole history...

The whole history of civilisation is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly...

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Walter Bagehot: So long as...

Walter Bagehot: So long as...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism --despotism during the campaign --is...

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Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's...

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